1931 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE ADMINISTRATION OF OATH. TO SENATORS ELECT DEATH OF SENATOR CARAWAY The oath of office was administered to Mr. BAILEY, Mr. Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas. Mr. President, it becomes BANKHEAD, Mr. BORAH, Mr. BRATTON, Mr. BULOW, Mr. BYRNES, my sad duty to announce to the Senate the death of my Mr. CAPPER, and Mr. CAREY. late colleague, Han. T. H. CARAWAY, which occurred at Lit The Chief Clerk called the names of Mr. CooLIDGE, Mr. tle Rock, Ark., on November 6 last. COSTIGAN, Mr. COUZENS, Mr. DICKINSON, Mr. GLASS, Mr. At this time I submit the following resolutions, for the GO.."lE, Mr. HARRIS, and Mr. HARRISON. consideration of which I ask unammous consent. These Senators, escorted by Mr. WALSH of Massachusetts, The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read. Mr. WATERMAN, Mr. VANDENBERG, Mr. BROOKHART, Mr. SWAN The resolutions (S. Res. 4) were read, considered by soN, Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma, Mr. GEORGE, and Mr. ROBIN tmanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: SON of Arkansas, respectively, advanced to the ·vice Presi Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and pro dent's desk, and the oath of office was administered to them. found sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon. THADDEUS The Chief Clerk called the names of Mr. HAsTINGS, Mr. H. CARAWAY, late a. Senator from the State of Arkansas. Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to HULL, Mr. KEYES, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LOGAN, Mr. LONG, Mr. the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the McNARY, and Mr. METCALF. family of the deceased. These Senators, with the exception of Mr. LEWIS and Mr. DEATH OF SENATOR MORROW LONG, escorted by Mr. TOWNSEND, Mr. McKELLAR. Mr. MOSES, Mr. KEAN. Mr. President, the sad duty devolves upon Mr. BARKLEY, Mr. STEIWER, and Mr. HEBERT, respectively, me to announce to the Senate the death of my late colleague, advanced to the Vice President's desk, and the oath of office Hon. DWIGHT W. MORROW, at Englewood, N. J., October 5, was administered to them. 1931. Mr. BARBOUR, who has been appointed by the Gover The Chief Clerk called the names of Mr. NEELY, Mr. NoRRIS, Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas, Mr. SCHALL, Mr. SHEP nor of New Jersey to succeed the late Senator MoRRow, is PARD, Mr. WALSH of Montana, and Mr. WHITE. present, but it has been customary, on the death of a Sena These Senators, escorted by Mr. PITTMAN, Mr. HowELL, tor, that the Senate be notified and a resolution be adopted, Mr. HARRISON, Mr. SHIPSTEAD, Mr. CONNALLY, Mr. WHEELER, and that his successor wait until the following day before and Mr. HALE, respectively, advanced to the Vice President's taking the oath of office. So, out of respect to the memory desk, and the ·oath of office was administered to them. of my late colleague, Mr. BARBOUR is going to wait until to- morrow before he presents himself to be swam in. SENATOR FROM VERMONT I send to the desk resolutions, which I ask to have read. Mr. DALE. Mr. President, I present the certificate of - The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read for election of WARREN R. AusTIN, of the State of Vermont. the information of the Senate. · The VICE PRESIDENT. The certificate will be read. The resolutions (S. Res. 5) were read, considered by unani The Chief Clerk read as follows: mous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: STATE OF VERMONT. To THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES; Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and pro found sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon. DWIGHT W. This is to certify that on the 31st day of March, 1931, WARREN MoRRow, late a Senator from the State of New Jersey. R. AusTIN was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the State Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to of Vermont a Senator from said State to represent said State in the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the the Senate of the United States for the unexpired portion of the family of the deceased. term of six years, beginning on the 4th day of March, 1929, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank L. Greene. ADJOURNMENT Witness: His excellency our governor, Stanley C. Wilson, and Mr. KEAN. Mr. our seal hereto affixed at Montpelier this 7th day of April, A. D. President, as a further mark of respect 1931. to the memory of the deceased Senators CARAWAY and MoR By the governor: STANLEY c. WILSON, ROW, I move that the Senate do now adjourn. Governor. The motion was unanimously agreed to; and
NEW JERSEY TENNESSEE Charles A. Wolverton. George N. Seger. 0. B. Lovette. Edward E. Eslick. Isaac Bacharach. Fred A. Hartley, jr. S. D. McReynolds. Gordon Browning. William H. Sutphin. Peter A. Ca vicchia. J. R. Mitchell. Jere Cooper. Charles A. Eaton. Frederick R. Lehlbach. Ewln L. Davis. E. H. Crump. Percy H. Stewart. Oscar L. Auf der Heide. Joseph w. Byrns. Randolph Perkins. Mary T. Norton. TEXAS NEW MEXICO Wright Patman. James P. Buchanan. Martin Dies. 0. H. Cross. Dennis Chavez. Morgan G. Sanders. Fritz G. Lanham. NEW YORK Sam Rayburn. Guinn Williams. Robert L. Bacon. Frank Oliver. Hatton W·. Sumners. Richard M. Kleberg. William F. Brunner. James M. Fitzpatrick. Luther A. Johnson. John N. Garner. George W. Lindsay. Charles D. Millard. Clay Stone Briggs. R. Ewing Thomason. Thomas H. Cullen. Hamilton Fish, jr. Daniel E. Garrett. Thomas L. Blanton. Loring M. Black, jr. Harcourt J. Pratt. Joseph J. Mansfield. Marvin Jones. Andrew L. Somers. Parker Corning. UTAH John J. Delaney. James S. Parker. Don B. Colton. Frederick C. Loofbourow. Patrick J. Carley. . Frank Crowther. Stephen A. Rudd. Bertrand H. Snell. VERMONT Emanuel Geller. Francis D. Culkin. John E. Weeks. Ernest W. Gibson. Anning S. Prall. Frederick M. Davenport. VmGINIA Samuel Dickstein. John D. Clarke. Schuyler Otis Bland. Clifton A. Woodrum, Christopher D. Sullivan. Clarence E. Hancock. Menalcus Lankford. John W. Fishburne. William I. Sirovich. John Taber. Andrew J. Montague. Howard W. Smith. John J. Boylan. Gale H. Stalker. Patrick Henry Drewry, John W. Flannagan, jr. John J. O'Connor. James L. Whitley. Thomas G. Burch. Henry St. George Tucker. Ruth Pratt. Archie D. Sanders. Martin J. Kennedy. Walter G. Andrews. WASHINGTON Sol Bloom. Edmund F. Cooke. Ralph A. Horr. John W. Summers. Fiorello H. LaGuardia. James M. Mead. Lindley H. Ha-dley. Sam B. Hill. Joseph A. Gavagan. Daniel A. Reed. Albert Johnson. Anthony J. Gritfin. WEST VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA Carl G. Bachmann. Robert L. Hogg. Lindsay C. Warren. J. Bayard Clark. Frank L. Bowman. Hugh Ike Shott. John H. Kerr. Walter Lambeth. Lynn S. Hornor. JoeL. Smith. Charles L. Abernethy. Robert L. Daughton. WISCONSIN Edward W. Pou. Alfred L. Bulwinkle. Thomas R. Amlie. Gardner R. Withrow. Frank W. Hancock, jr. Zebulon Weaver. Charles A. Kading. Gerald J. Boileau. NORTH DAKOTA John M. Nelson. George J. Schneider. Olger B. Burtness. James H. Sinclair. John C. Schafer. James A. Frear. Thomas Hall. William H. Stafford. Hubert H. Peavey. omo Michael K. Reilly. John B. Hollister. Arthur P. Lamneck. WYOMING William E. Hess. William L. Fiesinger. Vincent Carter Byron B. Harlan. Francis Seiberling. John L. Cable. C. Ellis Moore. The CLERK. The roll call discloses the presence of 433 Frank C. Knitfin. C. B. McClintock. Members. A quorum is present. James G. Polk. Charles West. The Clerk will present for information a statement show Charles Brand. Frank Murphy. ing changes that have occurred since the regular election Grant E. Mouser, jr. John G. Cooper. Wilbur M. White. Martin L. Sweeney. of Representatives to the Seventy-second Congr~ss; and if Thomas A. Jenkins. Robert Crosser. there be no objection, the statement will be printed in the Mell G. Underwood. Chester C. Bolton. RECORD. OKLAHOMA I There being no objection, the statement is as follows: Wesley E. Disney. F. B. Swank. Representatives to the Seventy-second Congress who have died William W. Hastings. Jed Johnson. and their successors. Wilburn Cartwright. James V. McClintic. Tom D. McKeown. M. C. Garber. Representatives Died Successor OREGON Willis C. Hawley. Charles H. Martin. Robert R. Butler. JohnF.Quayle,seventhNewYork ______Nov. 27,1930 Mathew V. O'Malley. David J. O'Connell, ninth New York ______Dec. 29,1930 Stephen A. Rudd. PENNSYLVANIA Henry Allen Cooperhfirst Wisconsin______Mar. 1, 1931 Thomas R. Amlie. James M. Beck. I. H. Doutrlch. James B. A.swell, eig th Louisiana______Mar. 16, 1931 John H. Overton. Edward L. Stokes. J. Russell Leech. Nicholas Longworth, first Ohio ______April 9,1931 John B. Hollister. Mathew V. O'Malley, seventh New York ___ May 26, 1931 John J. Delaney. Harry C. Ransley. J. Banks Kurtz. Charles A. Mooney, twentieth Ohio______May 29, 1931 Martin L. Sweeney. Benjamin M. Golder. Harry L. Haines. GeorgeS. Graham, second Pennsylvania ____ July 4, 1931 Edward L. Stokes. James J. Connolly. J. Mitchell Chase. Charles G. Edwards, first Georgia~------July 13,1931 Homer C. Parker. George A. Welsh. Samuel A. Kendall. Bird J. Vincent, eighth Michigan ______July 18,1931 Michael J. Hart. George P. Darrow. Henry W. Temple. Samuel C. Major, seventh Missouri ______July 28, 1931 Robert D. Johnson. J. Howard Swick. Ernest R. Ackerman, fifth New Jersey ______Oct. 18,1931 Percy H. Stewart. James Wolfenden. Fletcher Hale, first New Hampshire ______Oct. 22, 1931 Vacancy. Henry W. Watson. Nathan L. Strong. Harry M. Wurzbach, fourteenth Texas ______Nov. 6,1931 Richard M . .Kleberg. J. Roland Kinzer. Thomas C. Cochran. Patrick J. Boland. Milton w. Shreve. C. Murray Turpin. William R. Coyle. The Clerk will state that credentials, regular in form, have George F. Brumm. Adam M. Wyant. been filed showing the election of VICTOR S. K. HousTON as Norton L. Lichtenwalner. Edmund F. Erk. Louis T. McFadden. Clyde Kelly. Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii, and of JAMES WICK Robert F. Rich. Patrick J. Sullivan. ERSHAM as Delegate from the Territory of Alaska. Frederick w. Magrady. Harry A. Estep. Two Resident Commissioners to the United States from Edward M. Beers. Guy E. Campbell. the Philippine Islands are elected by the Philippine Legisla RHODE ISLAND ture triennially. Certificates of election of PEDRO GUEVERA Clark Burdick. Francis B. Condon. and of CAMILO OsiAs are on file, showing their election as Richard S. Aldrich. SOUTH CAROLINA Resident Commissioners from the Philippine Islands for the Thomas S. McMillan. William F. Stevenson. term of three years, commencing March 4, 1932. Butler B. Hare. Allard H; Gasque. ELECTION OF SPEAKER Fred H. Dominick. Hampton P. Fulmer. John J. McSwain. The CLERK. The next business in order is the election of SOUTH DAKOTA a Speaker. Nominations will now be received. Charles A. Christopherson. William Willla.m..son. Mr. ARNOLD. Mr. Clerk, by direction of the Democratic Royal C. Johnson. caucus held December 5, 1931, as its chairman, I place in 8 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 7 nomination for Speaker of the House of Representatives Crowther Hess McLeod Snow Culkin Hoch Maas Sparks Ron. JOHN N. GARNER, a Member elect from the State of Curry Hogg, Ind. Magrady Stafford Texas. [Applause.] Da!linger Hogg, W.Va. Manlove Stalker Darrow Holaday Mapes Stokes Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. Clerk, the conference of the Repub Davenport Hollister Martin, Mass. Strong, Kans. lican Members of the House for the Seventy-second Congress DePriest Holmes Michener Strong, Pa. has directed me as its chairman to present to the House as Doutrich Hooper Millard Sullivan, Pa. Dowell Hope Moore, Ohio Summers, Wash. its unanimous choice as a candidate for Speaker the man Dyer Hopkins Mouser Swanson I shall now name. I have the honor to present as our can Eaton, Colo. Horr Murphy Swick didate for Speaker the name of the distinguished gentleman Eaton, N.J. Houston, Del. Nelson, Me. Swing Engle bright Hull, Morton D. Nelson, Wis. Taber from New York, Hon. BERTRAND H. SNELL. [Applause.] Erk Hull, William E. Niedringhaus Temple The CLERK. Hon. JoHN N. GARNER, a Representative elect Estep :.. James Nolan Thatcher Evans, Calif. Jenkins Parker, N.Y. Thurston from the State of Texas, and Hon. BERTRAND H. SNELL, a Finley Johnson, Til. Partridge Tilson Representative elect from the State of New York have been Fish Johnson, S. Dak. Perkins Timberlake Foss Johnson, Wash. Person Tinkham placed in nommation. Frear Kahn Pittenger Treadway If there are no further nominations, the Clerk appoints Free Kelly, Pa. Pratt, Harcourt J. Turpin the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. BusBY; the gentleman Freeman Kendall Pratt, Ruth Underhill French Ketcham Purnell Vestal from West Virginia, Mr. HoRNOR; the gentleman from Garber Kinzer Ramseyer Wason Maine, Mr. BEEDY; and the gentleman from Nebraska, Mr. Gibson Knutson Ransley Watson SIMMONS to act as tellers. The tellers will please come for Gifford Kopp Reed, N.Y. Weeks Gilchrist Kurtz Reid, Til. Welch, Calif. ward and take their places. Golder LaGuardia Rich Welsh, Pa. The roll will now be called, and Members will indicate by Goodwin Lambertson Robinson White Goss Lankford, Va. Rogers Whitley name the candidate of their choice. Granata. Leavitt Sanders, N.Y. Wigglesworth The Clerk called the roll. Guyer Leech Schafer Williamson Hadley Lehlbach Seger Wolcott The following is the vote in detail: Hall, Til. Loofbourow Seiberling Wolfenden (Roll No.2] Hall, N.Dak. Lovette Selvig Wolverton Hancock, N.Y. Luce Shott Wood, Ind. GARNER-218 Hardy McClintock, Ohio Shreve Woodruff Abernethy Dies Keller Pettengill Hartley McFadden Sl.mmons Wyant Allgood Dieterich Kelly, Til. Polk Haugen McGugin Sinclal.r Yates Almon Disney Kemp Pou Hawley McLaughlin Smith, Idaho Arnold Dominick Kennedy Prall SCHNEIDER-S AufderHeide Doughton Kerr Qul.n Ayres Douglas, Ariz. Kleberg Ragon Amlie Kvale Peavey Withrow Bankhead Douglass, Mass. Knl.ffin Rainey Kading Barton Doxey Lambeth Ramspeck ANSWERED "PRESENT "-3 Beam Drane Lamneck Rankin Garner Schneider Snell Black Drewry Lanham Rayburn Bland Driver Lankford, Ga. Reilly The CLERK. Before proceeding with the announcement of Blanton Eslick Larrabee Romjue the result of the vote, the Clerk is requested to announce Bloom Evans, Mont. Larsen Rudd Boehne Fernandez Lea Rutherford that immediately following the swearing in of Members Boland Fiesinger Lewis Sa bath votes will be taken upon the election of the officers of the Boylan Fishburne Lichtenwalner Sanders, Tex. Brand, Ga. Fitzpatrick Lindsay Sandlin House. Briggs Flannagan Linthicum Schuetz The tellers agree in their tally. Total number of votes Browning Fulbright Lonergan Shallenberger cast, 430, of which Hon. JoHN N. GARNER has received 218, Brunner Fuller Lozier Shannon Buchanan Fulmer Ludlow Sl.rovich Hon. BERTRAND H. SNELL, 207, Hon. GEORGE J. SCHNEIDER, a Bulwlnkle Gambrill McClintic, Okla. Smith, Va. Representative elect from the State of Wisconsin, 5, and Burch Garrett McCormack Smith, W.Va. three Members answering" present." Hon. JoHN N. GARNER, Busby Gasque McDuffie Somers, N. Y. Byrns Gavagan McKeown Spence a Representative elect from the State of Texas, having re Canfield Gilbert McMillan Steagall ceived a majority of all the votes cast, is duly elected Speaker Cannon Gillen McReynolds Stevenson Carden Glover McSwain Stewart of the House of Representatives. [Prolonged applause.] Carley Goldsborough Major Sullivan, N.Y. The gentleman from Dlinois, Mr. RAINEY; and the gentle Cartwright Granfield Maloney Sumners, Tex. man from New York, Mr. SNELL; and the gentleman from ., Cary Green Mansfield Sutphin I Celler Greenwood Martin, Oreg. Swank Tennessee, Mr. BYRNs; and the gentleman from Connecticut, Chapman Gregory May Sweeney Mr. TILsoN, will please conduct the Speaker elect to the Chavez Griffin Mead Tarver Clark. N.C. Griswold Miller Taylor, Colo. chair. · Cochran, Mo. Haines Milligan Thomason The committee appointed by the Clerk escorted Mr. GAR Cole, Md. Hall, Miss. Mitchell Tierney NER to the Speaker's chair. Collier · Hancock, N.C. Montague Tucker Coll1ns Hare Montet Underwood Mr. SNELL. My colleagues of the House of Representa Condon Harlan Moore, Ky. Vl.nson, Ga. tives, it is indeed a pleasure to have this opportunity to Connery Hart Morehead Vinson, Ky. Cooper, Tenn. Hastings Nelson, Mo. Warren present to you the newly elected Speaker of the Seventy Corning Hill, Ala. Norton, Nebr. Weaver second Congress. Cox Hill, WaSh. Norton, N. J. West Crisp Hornor O'Connor Whittington I have always been a firm believer in the party system of Cross ~ Howard Oliver, Ala. Williams, Mo. government, and consider that country specially favored that Crosser Huddleston Oliver, N.Y. Williams, Tex. has two strong, evenly divided political parties. Of course, Crowe Igoe Overton Wilson Crump Jacobsen Owen Wingo from a personal standpoint I might be willing to change Cullen Jeffers Palmisano Wood, Ga. somewhat the division that apparently exists at the present Davis Johnson, Mo. Parker, Ga. Woodrum Delaney 1 Johnson, Okla. Parks Wright time. [Laughter.] DeRouen Johnson, Tex. Parsons Yon As I look over the long list of distinguished men who have Dickinson Jones Patman Dickstein Kerch Patterson occupied this high position-and there is no higher honor in the gift of any legislative body in the world-I find no S~207 Adkins Beck Burtness Christopherson one of these men has ever risen to the position of Speaker Aldrich Beedy Butler Clague by mere luck or accident, but rather as the result of long, Allen Beers Cable Clancy intelligent, efficient service and of undoubted proven ability Andresen Bohn Campbell, Iowa Clarke, N. Y. Andrew, Mass. Boileau Campbell, Pa. Cochran, Pa.. to perform the duties of this great office. Andrews, N. Y. Bolton Carter, Calif. Cole, Iowa. The gentleman from Texas, by native ability, by outstand Arentz Bowman Carter, Wyo. Colton Bacharach Brand, Ohio Cavicchia Connolly ing personality, by long service, and a complete understand Bachmann Britten Chase Cooke ing of the duties and responsibilities of Speaker, is excep Bacon Brumm Chlndblom Cooper, Ohio tionally well qualified to fill that position, and I predict he Baldrige Buckbee Chiperfield Coyle Barbour Burdick Christga.u Crail will make one of the great Speakers of the presenr genera- 1931 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 9 tion. I congratulate him on having reached the goal of his That Joseph J. Sinnott, of the State of Virginia, be, and he is hereby, chosen Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives; ambition and wish him every success in his work. That Finis E. Scott, of the State of Tennessee, be, and he is My colleagues, I now present your newly elected Speaker, hereby, chosen Postmaster of the House of Representatives; and the Hon. JOHN NANCE GARNER, of Texas. [Applause.] That Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., of the District of Mr. Speaker, I present you the gavel. Columbia, be, and he is hereby, chosen Chaplain of the House of The SPEAKER. Ladies and gentlemen of the Seventy Representatives. second Congress, I want to express my keen appreciation Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. Speaker, under the direction of the of my friend SNELL's introductory remarks. As many of Republican conference, I offer an amendment to the resolu you are aware, Mr. SNELL and myself have known each tion offered by the gentleman' from Illinois [Mr. ARNOLDl. other for many years, and I believe I speak the sentiments The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Oregon [Mr. of the older Members of the House who have had associa HAWLEY] offers an amendment, which the Clerk will report. tion with him when I say that he is one of the most de The Clerk read the amendment, as follows: pendable men that has ever been elected to this body. [Ap Mr. HAWLEY moves to amend the resolution by striking out- plause.] It will be a great pleasure for me to cooperate " That South Trimble, of the State of Kentucky, be, and he is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives"- with him in the service of the country. And inserting in lieu thereof the following: Ordinarily I would extend thanks to the entire House for " That William Tyler Page, of the State of Maryland, be, and my election to this high office, but, unfortunately, I did not he is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives; " get all of the votes. Therefore I must in that particular And by striking out- "That Kenneth Romney, of the State of Montana, be, and he confine myself to the ladies and gentlemen who have ex is hereby, chosen Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa pressed their confidence in me by the vote just taken. I am tives "- deeply grateful and sincerely appreciative of the confidence And inserting in lieu thereof the following: that you have expressed in me. I am not unmindful of the "That Joseph G. Rodgers, of the State of Pennsylvania, be, and he is hereby, chosen Sergeant at Arms of the House of Repre responsibilities, and, with the cooperation of those who have sentatives; "- expressed their confidence in me-and I expect and hope And by striking out- also of the entire membership of the House-l hope to per "That Joseph J. Sinnott, of the State of Virginia, be, and he is hereby, chosen Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives" form the duties of the office acceptably to all. And inserting in lieu thereof the following: Ordinarily this would be an occasion when I might ex "That Bert W. Kennedy, of the State of Michigan, be, and he is press the hopes and aspirations of the House of Representa hereby, chosen Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives; " tives in its legislative program for the coming session of And by striking out- " That Finis E. Scott, of the State of Tennessee, be, and he is Congress, but at the moment I do not feel at liberty-in hereby, chosen Postmaster of the House of Representatives" fact, I do not think it advisable that I should undertake to And inserting in lieu thereof the following: make a statement on that subject. At a later date-and I "That Frank W. Collier, of the State of Wisconsin, be, and he is hope at an early date-! expect to make to you a complete hereby, chosen Postmaster of the House of Representatives." statement touching that program. Also, it is customary for Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the amendment a Member assuming this place to indulge in some promises be divided for the question so as to cover each of the officers, as to what he hopes to do as your presiding officer. I made and, Mr. Speaker, I further ask unanimous consent that no promises to secure this preferment, and I have none to instead of a yea-and-nay vote on these amendments the make now. vote be taken on the individuals; that is, as the roll is called The oath of office that I am about to take carries with it Members vote for the individuals by their respective names. the only promise it is necessary for any American citizen The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the to make, to assure the country that he expects to devote gentleman from Oregon? his best efforts to its service. Mr. RAINEY and Mr. BANKHEAD rose. That oath of office I am ready to take at the present Mr. RAINEY. Mr. Speaker, I suggest it would take a long moment, and I ask the gentleman from North Carolina time to do that. Why not vote en bloc? [Mr. Poul to administer it. [Applause.] Mr. HAWLEY. The purpose, Mr. Speaker, is to give the Mr. POU administered the oath of office to the Speaker. Members of the House an opportunity to vote on each of the SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS ELECT proposed officers. The SPEAKER. Ladies and gentlemen of the House, at Mr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary in the last Congress, after conference with my deceased friend, quiry-- Mr. Longworth, it was decided that the better- method of Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, the amendment offered by swearing in the membership was to swear in the entire the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. HAWLEY] does not call for House at one time, instead of swearing in the Members by a separate vote. States, as has been the custom for some hundred years. So Mr. RAINEY. Mr. Speaker, the proposition just made by I am going to ask each Member of the House to rise in his the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. HAWLEY] will keep us here place and allow me to administer the oath of office. all night. We are all going to be in our seats, as far as we The Members and Delegates rose in their places, and the are concerned. We will have no difficulty in keeping the Speaker administered the oath of office. Democrats present. We have a clear majority, so why not MAJORITY LEADER proceed in the usual way?- Mr. ARNOLD. Mr. Speaker, the caucus of the Demo Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. Speaker, in view of the apparent op cratic Members of the House has selected Hon. HENRY T. position, I withdraw the proposal. RAINEY, of Illinois, as majority leader for the Seventy-second The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Oregon asks unani Congress. [Applause.] mous -consent to withdraw his proposal. Is there objection? ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE There was no objection. The SPEAKER. The next business before the House is The question was taken, and the amendment to the reso the election of the officers of the House. lution was rejected. Mr. ARNOLD. Mr. Speaker, I present a resolution and Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. Speaker, the Republican conference ask for its il;nmediate consideration. unanimously selected as Chaplain of the House the pres The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. AR ent Chaplain, Dr. James Shera Montgomery, and we want NOLD l offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. to join in his unanimous election. The Clerk read as follows: The resolution was agreed to. House Resolution 1 The SPEAKER. The officers elect will come forward Resolved, That South Trimble, of the State of Kentucky, be, and and take the oath of office. he is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives; That Kenneth Romney, of the State of Montana, be, and he is The officers elect appeared in the well of the House, and hereby, chosen Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives; the oath of office_was administered by the Speaker. 10 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 7 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE THE RULES A message from the Senate by Mr. Craven, its principal Mr. POU. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution and ask for clerk, announced that the Senate had passed the following its immediate c'onsideration. resolutions: The SPEAKER. The gentleman from North ~rolina Senate Resolution 1 offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be ap The Clerk read as follows: pointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United House Resolution 5 States and inform him that a quorum of each House is assembled Resolved, That the rules of the Seventy-first Congress be, and and that the Congress is ready to receive any communication he they are hereby, adopted as the rules of the Seventy-secocd Con may be pleased to make. gress, with the following amendments included therein as a part thereof, to wit: Pursuant to the foregoing resolution, the Vice President " That Rule II of the House be amended by adding two new appointed Mr. WATSON and Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas mem paragraphs, as follows: · bers of the committee on the part of the Senate. "'PAR. 48. A standing committee of the House shall meet to consider any bill or resolution pending before it: (1) On all regu Senate Resolution 2 lar meeting days selected by the committee; (2) upon the call of Resolved., That the Secretary inform the House of Representa the chairman of the committee; (3) if the chairman of the com tives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Sen mittee, after three days' consideration, refuses or fails, upon the ate is ready to proceed to business. request of at least three members of the committee, to call a Senate Resolution 3 special meeting of the committee within seven calendar days from the date of said request, then, upon the filing with the clerk of Resolved, That the hour of daily meeting of the Senate be 12 the committee of the written and signed request of a majority o'clock meridian until otherwise ordered. of the committee for a called special meeting of the committee, Senate Resolution 4 the committee shall meet on the day and hour specified in said Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and pro written request. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the com found sorrow the announcement of the death of Ron. THADDEUS mittee to notify all members of the committee in the usual way H. CARAWAY, late a Senator from the State of Arkansas. of such called special meeting. Resolved., That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to "'PAR. 49. The rules of the House are hereby made the rules of the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the its standing committees so far as applicable, except that a motion family of the deceased. to recess from day to day is hereby made a motion of high privilege Resolved., That, as a further mark of respect to the memory of in said committees.' the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn. "That paragraph 3 of Rule XIII be, and the same is hereby, Senate Resolution 5 amended as follows: Strike out of said paragraph the following Resolved., That the Senate has heard with deep regret and pro words: ' On the first Monday of each month immediately after the found sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon. DWIGHT W. reading of the Journal, and on the third Monday of each month MoRRow, late a Senator from the State of New Jersey. immediately after the disposition of motions to instruct commit Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to tees which may be called up • and insert in lieu thereof: ' On the the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the first and third Mondays of each month immediately after the family bf the deceased. reading of the JournaL' Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect to the memory of "That paragraph 4 of Rule XIII of the House be amended by the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn: striking out the words ' of motions to instruct committees • and inserting in lieu thereof the words ' of motions to discharge NOTIFICATION OF THE SENATE committees.' " Mr. COLLIER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution and " That the last proviso of paragraph 7 of Rule XXIV be, and the move its adoption. same is hereby, amended, as follows: Strike out the word 'two • and insert in lieu thereof the word ' one ': Provided., That when, The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Mississippi offers during any one session of Congress, all of the committees of the a resolution, which the Clerk will report. House are not called under the Calendar Wednesday rule, at the The Clerk read as follows: next session of Congress the call shall commence where it left off at the end .of the preceding session. , House Resolution 2 "That immediately upon the adoption of this resolution, para Resolved., That a message be sent to the Senate to inform that graph 8 of Rule XXIV be amended as follows: Insert after the body that a quorum of the House of Representatives has as word ' month • the following language: ' after the disposition of sembled; that JoHN N. GARNER, a Representative from the State motions to discharge committees and.' of Texas, has been _elected Speaker; that South Trimble, a citizen "That upon the adoption of this resolution that part of para of the State of Kentucky, has been elected Clerk; and that the graph 45 of Rule XI codified in the House Manual as section House is ready for business. 725 A be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and that there be, and The resolution was agreed, to. hereby is, inserted in lieu thereof the following: 'The Committee on Rules shall present to the House reports concerning rules, joint NOTIFICATION OF TH.E PRESIDENT rules, and order of business, within three legislative days of the Mr. RAINEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution and ask time when ordered reported by the committee. If such rule or order is not considered immediately, it shall be referred to the for its immediate consideration. calendar and, if not called up by the Member making the report The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois offers a within seven legislative days thereafter, any member of the Rules resolution, which the Clerk will report. Committee may call it up as a question of privilege and the Speaker shall recognize any member of the Rules Committee seek The Clerk read as follows: ing recognition for that purpose. If the Committee on Rules shall House Resolution 3 make an adverse report on any resolution pending before the Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the committee providing for an order of business for the considera Speaker, on the part of the House of Representatives, to join the tion by the House of any public bill or joint resolution, on days committee appointed on the part of the Senate to wait on the when it shall be in order to call up motions to discharge commit President of the United States and notify him that a quorum of tees, it shall be in order for any Member of the House to call up the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to for consideration by the House any such adverse report, and it receive any communication he may be pleased to make. shall be in order to move the adoption by the House of said reso lution adversely reported notwithstanding the adverse report of the The resolution was agreed to. Committee on Rules, and the Speaker shall recognize the Member The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints the following as seeking recognition for that purpose as a question of the highest members of said committee: Messrs. RAINEY, COLLIER, and privilege.'" "That Rule XXVII of the Rules of the House be amended by SNELL. striking out paragraph 4 of said rule and inserting in lieu thereof Mr. BYRNS. Mr. Speaker, I .offer a resolution and ask for the following: its immediate consideration. " ' 4. A Member may present to the Clerk a motion in writing The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee offers a to discharge a committee from the consideration of a public bill or resolution which has been referred to it 30 days prior thereto resolution, which the Clerk will report. (but only one motion may . be presented for each bill or resolu The Clerk read as follows: tion). Under this rule it shall also be in order for a Member to . House Resolution 4 file a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from further Resolved, That the Clerk be i.nstructed to inform the President consideration of any resolution providing either a special order of the United States that the House of Representatives has elected of business, or a special rule for the consideration of any public JoHN N. GARNER, a Representative from the state of Texas, bill or. resolution favorably reported by a standing committee, or Speaker, and South Trimble, a citizen of the State of Kentucky a specral rule for the consideration of a public bill or resolution Clerk, of the Hou.se of Representatives of the Seventy-second which has remained in a standing committee 30 or more days congress. Iwithout actic:m: Provided, That said resolution from which it is moved to discharge the Committee on Rules has been referred to The resolution was agreed to. that committee at least seven days prior to the filing of the mo- 1931 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11 tion to discharge. The motion shall be placed in the custody of ments, until they can be printed. I understand the resolu the Clerk, who shall arrange some convenient place for the signa tion is not in print, and as the Speaker himself has well ture of Members. A signature may be withdrawn by a Member in writing at any time before the motion is entered on the Journal. said, . this is perhaps one of the most important moves that When Members to the total numbet: of 145 shall have signed th.e will be made in this Congress--the revision of the rules. motion. it shall be entered on the Journal, printed with the The individual Members can not possibly follow them. Even signatures thereto in the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD, and referred to those of us who are on the Rules Committee and have tried the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees. " • On the second and fourth Mondays of each month, except to do so, have been unable to do it. If they might be during the last six days of any session of Congress, immediately printed and lay over, I think they could be disposed of after the approval of the Journal, any Member who has signed a to-morrow. motion to discharge which has been on the calendar at le~t seven days prior thereto, and seeks recognition, shall be recogruzed for Mr. POU. I may say to my friend from Indiana that the purpose of calling up the motion, a~d the House ~hall pr_oceed there would be no rules under which the House could to its consideration in the manner herem provided Without mter operate. If I could get unanimous consent, I would be vening motion except one motion to adjourn. Recognition for the willing to adopt the rules of the ~eventy-:first Congress, and motions shall be in the order in which they have been entered on the Journal. the amendment of the rules might go over until to-morrow. " • When any motion under this rule shall be called up, the bill Mr. LAGUARDIA. I hope the gentleman will not do that. or resolution shall be read by title only. After 20 minutes' de If we are going to have any rules, let us have the complete bate, one-half in favor of the proposition and one-half in opposi rules. If unanimous consent is required, I certainly should tion thereto, the House shall proceed to vote on the m~tion to discharge. If the motion prevails to discharge the Comnnttee on object. Rules from any resolution pending before the committee, the Mr. CRISP. I object to that proposition, Mr. Speaker. House shall immediately vote on the adoption of said resolution, The Clerk concluded the reading of the resolution. the Speaker not entertaining any dilatory or o~er inter':eniD:g motion except one motion to adjourn, and, if said resolution IS ANNOUNCEMENT adopted, then the House shall immediately proceed to its exe~u Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to tion. If the motion prevails to discharge one of the standmg proceed for one minute to make an announcement. committees of the House from any public bill or resolution pend ing before the committee, it shall then be in order for any Mem The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the ber who signed the motion to move that the House proceed to gentleman from Oregon? the immediate consideration of such bill or resolution (such mo There was no objection. tion not being debatable), and such motion is hereby made of high privilege; and if it shall be decided in the affirmative, the Mr. HAWLEY. The Republican conference will meet in bill shall be immediately considered under the general rules of this room, with the kind permission of our distinguished _ the House, and if unfinished before adjournment of the day on Speaker, following the aeljournment of the session to-day. which it is called up it shall remain the unfinished business until it is fully disposed of. Should the House by vote decide against THE RULES the immediate consideration of such bill or resolution, it shall Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. be referred to its proper calendar and be entitled to the same The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. rights and privileges that it would have had had the committee to which it was referred duly reported same to the Hoqse for its Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, in the absence of any consideration: Provided, That when any perfected motion to dis rules to guide the procedure up to this point, I desire to charge a committee from the consideration of any public bill or inquire whether or not, after the presentation of the rules resolution has once been acted upon by the House it shall not be in order to entertain during the same session of Congress any by the gentleman from North Carolina, and other gentlemen other motion for the discharge from that committee of said meas on the Democratic side who may present rules, whether the .ure, or from any other committee of any other bill or resolution Speaker will recognize other Members on the question be substantially the same, relating in substance to or dealing with fore the House-the adoption of the rules? the same subject matter, or from the Committee on Rules of a resolution providing a special order of business for the considera The SPEAKER. Of course, unless the previous question tion of any other such bill or resolution, in order that such is moved, the Chair will indulge the House as long as any action by the House on a motion to discharge shall be res adju one desires recognition. dicata for the remainder of that session: Provided further, That Mr. LAGUARDIA. That I know. In the absence of any if before any one motion to discharge a committee has been acted upon by the House there are on the Calendar of Motions rule will the Chair recognize Members before the motion ·on to Discharge Committees other motions to discharge committees the previous question is made? from the consideration of bills or resolutions substantially the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York has pro-. same, relating in substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, after the House shall have acted on one motion to dis ·pounded a parliamentary inquiry and the Chair will answer charge, the remaining said motions shall be stricken from the it. The Chair understood the gentleman from New York Calendar on Motions to Discharge Committees and not acted on to ask whether or not anyone can offer any amendments during the remainder of that session of Congress.' " under the present parliamentary rules. My recollection is "That Rule XXVITI be amended by inserting after paragraph la a new paragraph to be known as paragraph 1¥2 a, as follows: that Speaker Longworth helcl in the Sixty-ninth Congress " 'After House conferees on any bill or resolution in conference that parliamentary law applying to this body included the between the House and Senate shall have been appointed for rules of the House in the previous Congress as far as they , 20 calendar days and shall have failed to make a report, it is were applicable, and in this instance the rules of the House hereby declared to be a motion of the highest privilege to move to discharge said House conferees and to appoint new conferees, in the Seventy-first Congress would give the gentleman from or to instruct said House conferees; and, further, during the last North Carolina the floor until he yielded. six days of any session of Congress, it shall be a privileged motion Mr. CRISP. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say to my friend to move to discharge, appoint, or instruct House conferees after [Mr. House conferees shall have been appointed 36 hours without from Indiana PURNELL] that I have consulted my having made a report.'" majority leader and the gentleman who makes this motion, my friend from· North Carolina [Mr. Poul, and that I am During the reading of the resolution the following perfectly willing for the whole matter of the consideration occurred: of the rules to go over until to-morrow. I objected to the Mr. PURNELL. Mr. Speaker, if I may interrupt the read proposition to adopt the rules of the Seventy-first Congress ing, I would like to propound an inquiry to the gentleman and to leave out of them the proposed changes. I can not from North Carolina [Mr. Poul. · and will not consent to that. If the whole matter goes over, The SPEAKER. Except by unanimous consent, the gen I am quite acquiescent to that; and I want to say to my tleman can not stop the reporting of the resolution. friend from Indiana that these rules were printed for the-' Mr. PURNELL. I ask unanimous consent, Mr. Speaker, use of the caucus, just as you gentlemen printed yours, and that I may offer a suggestion to the gentleman from North the gentleman had a copy of them Sunday and talked to Carolina in the interest of the adoption of sane, sensible me over the phone about them, and I advised the gentle rules, which we all seek to do. man exactly what this motion would be that is now made, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the and stated that there would be included in the motion every gentleman from Indiana? rule in that pamphlet, eliminating the rule dealing With There was no objection. the Private Calendar, and changing 100 to 145. Mr. PURNELL. I want to suggest to the gentleman that Mr. PURNELL . . Will the gentleman yield? he let this matter lay over, or at least the proposed amend- Mr. CRISP. I yield. 12 CONGR-ESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 7 · Mr. PURNELL. The statement the gentleman has made purpose of allowing an amendment to his motion. I would is exactly correct, but I am only one Member on this side. like to ask the Speaker if it is not a fact, even though he The rest of the membership have not seen the rules, and does not yield the floor for that purpose and the previous they don't know a thing about the proposal. question should be ordered on the resolution, that some Mr. CRISP. I have not the slightest objection to gentle: Member on this side would have the right to move to men knowing them. I want the Members to hear them, and recommit or move to amend the resolution? if they will study them I am sure they will be in favor of The SPEAKER. Within the spirit of the rules of the them. Seventy-first Congress on the motion to recommit, the Chair Mr. LAGUARDIA. Does the gentleman from Georgia thinks that they would have that right. [Mr. CRISP J intend taking the floor to-day and clarifying Mr. MAPES. I think the ruling of the Chair is correct. the rules and answering any questions that may be asked? If the Chair will recollect, Speaker Clark, at the beginning Mr. CRISP. The leader suggested he desired me to do ,of the Sixty-third Congress, ruled to the same effect. that, and I am prepared to proceed now or at any other The SPEAKER. The Chair is familiar with that ruling. time. Mr. POU. Mr. Speaker, in view of the importance of the Mr. BANKHEAD. Will the gentleman from North Caro amendment to the rules of the House, I am wiling that the lina yield? whole matter should go over until to-morrow and that it Mr. POU. I yield. come up immediately after the reading of the Journal. Mr. BANKHEAD. Inasmuch as it is apparent we are ap Mr. PURNELL. Including the amendment offered? proaching an agreement that might possibly carry over the Mr. CRISP. That has been read and will go into the consideration of this matter until to-morrow, and inas RECORD. much as we have some subsequent business that we desire Mr. MICHENER. The Republican amendment has not to present before we adjourn to-day, of course it will be been read, and therefore I ask unanimous consent that all understood, as stated by the Speaker, if this agreement is amendments suggested by the Democrats be printed in the carried into effect, we will have the right to car-y forward RECORD and all amendments suggested by the Republicans our program of electing the majority members . of the Ways also be printed in the RECORD, so that we may have before and Means Committee before we adjourn. us what we are to vote upon. · , Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, that would be ex Mr. BANKHEAD. Reserving the right .to object, as the tremely dangerous, and so far as I am concerned I shall gentleman has already pointed out, those will be printed in resist any action in this House that in any wr.y may be the RECORD. If ·gentlemen on the other side ask unanimous construed as adopting the rules of the last Congress for consent to have their proposals printed in the RECORD, that this Congress. is an independent proposition from that side. Mr. RAINEY. I may say to the gentleman from New The SPEAKER. The gentleman from North Carolina York [Mr. LAGuARDIA] that we are very anxious to elect the asks unanimous consent that the resolution be permitted to Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee. go over ,until to-morrow, to become pending business, that Mr. LAGUARDIA. May not that be done by unanimous the resolution be printed in the RECORD as read from the consent? desk, and that such additional suggestions as the inde Mr. RAINEY. It is our committee on committees, and I pendent resolution by the Republican side be also printed hope it can be done by unanimous consent. in the RECORD. Is there objection? Mr. MICHENER. Will the gentleman from North Caro-· Mr. LAGUARDIA. Reserving the right to objeat, it is un lina yield? derstood, I take it, that the matter of the rules will be the first order of business to-morrow. Mr. POU. Yes. Mr. POU. In so far as I can bring that result about; yes. Mr. MICHENER. In view of the fact that the amend ments of the rules are important and this is a controversial The SPEAKER. The Chair understands that that will be a privileged matter, which could be brought up at any matter, in view of the fact that the Republicans have held a time. · caucus, or a conference, and have passed upon a set of rules, Mr. LAGUARDIA. Other important matters may come and in view of the fm·ther fact that the D~mocrats have held in that may take a great deal of time. To my mind there a conference, or a caucus, and have settled upon rules, and is nothing more important than the adoption of the rules, in view of the further fact that the Republican membership because they are the only guidance we have as to our mode of the House have no information as to the rules to be pre sented by the Democrats, and I assume the Democrats have of procedure. ~t seems to me that we could well agree to take that matter UP' first. I am extremely anxious about no information as to the rules to be presented by the Repub this. Will the gentleman from Illinois inform the House licans I therefore ask unanilhous consent that the matter that it is his intention to call up the rules the first thing of the consideration of the rules go over until to-morrow and to-morrow? . that in the meantime there be a print of the proposed rules Mr. RAINEY. That is my intention. suggested by the Democrats and the proposed rules suggested The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the by the Republicans so that the House may be fully advised gentleman from North Carolina? when we come to a vote as "to what are the proposed changes. Mr. PURNELL. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to ob Mr. POU. I am willing to agree to any arrangement for ject, I want to be sure that the gentleman's request provides debate on this amendment. for the printing of what are now the minority resolutions Mr. PURNELL. Is _it the gentleman's intention to yield in the RECORD, as adopted by the minority conference. time to this side of the House? ' Mr. POU. I have no objection to that, although I did Mr. POU. I am willing to yield time to that side of the not include that in my request. House to use as that side of the House sees fit but with the Mr. PURNELL. I understood the Speaker to put it in understanding that I do not yield the floor. that way, and I want to know if that is his interpreta- Mr. PURNELL. May I put a further question? Is it the tion of it. · intention of the gentleman to yield for the purpose of offer Mr. POU. I have no objection. ing amendments? The SPEAKER. The Chair will put the request once Mr. POU. No. more as he understands it. The gentleman from North Mr. MICHENER. I feel sure that it will help the proce Carolina asks -unanimous consent that the pending resolu dure if we may have the amendments to the rules printed so tion go over until to-morrow, that it be the pending busi that we may know what they are. ness, that the resolution be printed in the RECORD, that Mr. MAPES. A parliamentary inquiry Mr. Speaker. such additional amendments or suggestions as the Repub The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. licans may have to make be also printed in the RECORD. Mr. MAPES. I understood the gentleman from North Is there objection? Carolina. to say that he would not yield the floor for the There was no objection. 1931 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13
TENTATIVE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE RULES OJ' THE HOUSE OF REPRE-. is unfinished before adjournment on the day on which it is called SENTATIVES OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND CONGRESS AS APPROVED BY THE up it shall remain the unfinished business until it is fully dis REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE posed of (such privilege as attaches to the said bill or resolution, Resolved, That clause 3, Rule XIII, be amended to read as however, shall not supersede the provisions of clause 9 of Rule follows: · XVI). Should the House by vote decide against the immediate "3. After a bill which has been favorably reported shall be upon consideration of such bill or resolution, it shall be referred to lts either the House or Union Calendar, any Member may file with the prop~r calendar and be entitled to the same rights and privileges Clerk a notice that he desires such a bill placed upon a special that It would have had ha-d the committee to which it was referred calendar to be known as the " Consent Calendar." On the first duly reported same to the House for its consideration: Provided, Monday of each month immediately after the reading of the Jour That, when any perfected motion to discharge a committee from nal, and on the third Monday of each month immediately after the consideration of any public bill or resolution has once been the disposition of motions to instruct committees which may be acted upon by the House, it shall not be in order to entertain any called up, the Speaker shall direct the Clerk to call the bills which other motion for the discharge of a committee from the considera have been for three days upon the "Consent Calendar." Should tion of the said measure during the same session of Congress." Resolved, That Rule X be amended as follows: two objections be made to the consideration of any bill so called, " 6. A standing committee of the House shall meet to consider it shall immediately be stricken from such calendar, but such bill any bill or resolution pending before it: (1) on aU regular meet may be restored to the calendar at the instance of the Member, ing days selected by the committee; (2) upon the call of the chair and if again objected to by five or more Members, it shall be man of the committee; (3) if the chairman of the committee after immediately stricken from such calendar, and shall not thereafter three days' consideration, refuses or fails, upon the written r~quest be placed thereon: Provided, That the same bill shall not be called of at least three members of the committee, to call a special meet twice on the same legislative day. in? of the committee within seven calendar days from the date of "On the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, after the srud request, then, upon the filing with the clerk of the committee disposal of such business on the Speaker's table as requires refer of the. written. and signed call of a majority of the committee for ence only, the House shall resolve itseU into the Coinmi.ttee of the a special meetmg of the committee, the committee shall meet on Whole House to consider business on the Private Calendar. Bills the day and hour specified in said written request. It shall be the shall be called up in the order in which they appear on the Private duty of the clerk of the committee to notify all members of the Calendar. When a b1ll is called up it shall be first read by the committee in the usual way of such called special meeting. Clerk and if there is objection to its consideration general debate "The rules of the House are hereby made the rules of its stand shall be had on the bill. Such debate shall be limited to 20 ing committees so far as applicable, except that a motion to recess minutes--10 minutes for and 10 minutes against-and the Chair man is charged with the strict enforcement of this limitation on from day to day is hereby made a motion of high privilege in said debate. After such debate if five objections are made to the con committees.'' Resolved, That clause 4 of Rule I be amended by inserting after sideration the bill shall be passed over until the bills remaining the word " then," the words " 10 minutes or more than," so' as to on the calendar on that date have first been called. At the expira read: tion of general debate, or after the first reading if no such debate " 4. He shall sign all acts, addresses, joint resolutions, writs, is had, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the warrants, and subpcenas of, or issued by order of the House and 5-minute rule. When bills thus objected to are subsequently decide .an questi~ms of order, subject to an appeal' by any Me~ber, called for consideration for amendment under the 5-minute rule, on which questiOns or order or appeal no Member shall speak under this rule they shall be considered unless the question of more than 10 minutes or more than once, unless by permission consideration is raised, in which event debate shall be limited to of the House." 10 minutes-5 minutes for and 5 minutes against such question. Resolved, That Rule XX be amended by adding a new clause, If the Committee of the Whole House determines the question of consideration in the afilrmative, the bill shall be considered for as follows: "3. When any amendment of the Senate to any House bill is amendment under the 5-minute rule. If, however, the Committee of the Whole House determines the question of consideration in consi~ered in the Committee of the Whole, it shall be considered the negative, the bill shall be laid aside until the committee arises, therem by paragraphs or sections, under the same rules for debate and amendment as if it were an original bill." whereupon it shall be reported back to the House with the adverse Resolved, That clause 45 of Rule XI be amended by inserting recommendation. Any bill under this rule reported back to the after the last semicolon therein, the words: " the Committee o~ House with an adverse recommendation shall automatically be the Library, on all matters referred to them· " so as to read· recommitted to the standing committee reporting it and said bill "~e following-named committees shall have leave to rep~rt at shall not again be reported during the same Congress." any trme on the matters herein stated, namely: The Committee Resolved, That clause 4 of Rule Xill of the House be amended on Rules, on rules, joint rules, and order of business; the Com by striking out the words " of motions to instruct committees " mittee. on Elections, on the right of a Member to his seat; the and inserting in lieu thereof the words " of motions to discharge Committee on Ways and Means, on bills raising revenue· the Com committees." mittee. on Appropriations, the general appropriation' bills; the Resolved, That the proviso of clause 7 of Rule XXIV be amended Committee on Rivers and Harbors, bills authorizing the improve as follows: Strike out the words " two hours " and insert in lieu ment of rivers and harbors; the Committee on the Public Lands thereof the words " one hour "; and strike out the words " two bills for the forfeiture of land grants to railroads and other cor~ Wednesdays " and insert in lieu thereof the words " one Wednes porations, bills preventing speculation in the public lands and day." bills for the reservation of the public lands for the benefit of Resolved, That clause 4 of Rule xxvn be amended to read as actual and bona fide settlers; the Committee on the Territories follows: bills for the admission of new States; the Committee on Enrolled "A Member may present to the Clerk a motion in writing to Bills! enr~lled bills; the Committee on Invalid Pensions, general discharge a standing committee· of the House from the considera penswn bills; the Committee on Printing, on all matters referred tion of a public bill or resolution which has been referred to it to them of printing for the use of the House or the two Houses· 30 calendar days prior thereto (but only one motion may be pre the Committee on the Library, on all matters referred to them: sented for each bill or resolution). The motion shall be plac.ed in and the Committee on Accounts, on all matters of the contingent the custody of the Clerk. who shall arrange some convenient place fund of the House." · for the signature of Members. A signature may be withdrawn by Resolved, That Clause I of Rule XII be amended by adding to a Member in writing at any time before the motion is entered on the committee assignments of delegates, after the word "Terri the Journal. When Members to the total number of 145 have tories," the following: "and Naval Affairs; and two on Merchant signed the motion, it shall be entered on the Journal, printed with Marine and Fisheries and Immigration and Naturalization." the signatures thereto in the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD, and referred to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees. DAILY HOUR OF MEETING " On the second and fourth Monday of each month, imme Mr. RAINEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolu diately after the approval of the Journal, any Member who has tion, which I send to the desk and ask to have read. signed a motion to discharge which has been on the calendar at least 20 legislative days prior thereto and seeks recognition shall The Clerk read as follows: be recognized for the purpose of calling up the motion, and the House Resolution 6 House shall proceed to its consideration in the manner herein provided without intervening motion except one motion to ad Resolved, That until otherwise ordered the daily hour of meet journ. Recognition for the motions shall be in the order in which ing of the House of Representatives shall be 12 o'clock meridian. they have been entered on the Journal. The resolution was agreed to. " When any motion under this rule shall be called up, the bill or resolution shall be read by title only. After one hour's debate, DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS one-hail in favor of the proposition and one-half in opposition Mr. RAINEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for thereto, the House shall proceed to vote on the motion to dis charge: Provided, That as a substitute for the motion to discharge, the present consideration of the resolution which I send to one motion shall be in order to instruct. If the motion ptevails the desk. to discharge one of the standing committees of the House from the The Clerk read as follows: consideration of any public bill or resolution pending before the committee, it shall then be in order for any Member who signed House Resolution 7 the motion to move that the House proceed to the immediate Resolved, That the following Members be, and they are hereby, consideration of such bill or resolution. (such motion not being elected members of the standing Committee of the House on Ways debatable),_ and such motion is hereby made of high privilege; and Means, to wit: James W. Collier, of Misf)issippi (chairman); and if it shall be decided in the affirmative, the bill shall be imme Charles R. Crisp, of Georgia; Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois; Robert L. diately considered under the general rules of the House, and if lt Daughton, of North Carolina; Heartsill Ragon, of Arkansas; Sam- 14 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 7 uel B. Hill, of Washington; Harry C. Canfield, of Indiana; Thomas Resolved, That the Clerk commlUlicate these resolutions to the H. Cullen, of New York; Christopher D. Sullivan, of New York; Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Morgan G. Sanders, of Texas; Edward E. Eslick, of Tennessee; John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts; Clement C. Dickinson, of The resolution was a.oo-reed to. Missouri; David J. Lewis, of Maryland; and Fred M. Vinson, of THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE SAMUEL C. MAJOR Kentucky. Mr. DICKINSON. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution, which The SPEAKER. Is there objection? I have sent to the Clerk's desk. Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. object, it is understood that the adoption of this resolution, DicKINSON] offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. which refers to a committee not yet actually in existence, The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: shall not be construed in any way as an adoption by the House Resolution 11 House of the rules of the Seventy-first Congress? Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the Mr. RAINEY. Certainly not. death of Hon. SAMUEL C. MAJOR, a Representative from the State The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present con of Missouri. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the sideration of the resolution? Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. There was no objection. The resolution was agreed to. The resolution was agreed to. PRINTING AND BINDING THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE S. GRAHAllll Mr. STEVENSON. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following Mr. TEMPLE. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution, which I resolution, which I send to the Clerk's desk. have sent to the Clerk's desk. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. House Resolution 8 TEMPLE] offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. Resolved, That the standing committees of the House of Repre The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: sentatives and the floor leaders are hereby authorized to have House Resolution 12 such print ing and binding done as may be actually necessary for Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the the transaction of their official business during the Seventy death of Hon. GEORGE S. GRAHAM, a Representative from the State second Congress. of Pennsylvania. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the The resolution was agreed to. Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE The resolution was agreed to. Mr. HOWARD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE BmD J .-VINCENT address the House for three minutes. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Nebraska asks Mr. McLAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution, unanimous consent to address the House for three minutes. which I have sent to the Clerk's desk. Is there objection? The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Mr. RAINEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, McLAuGHLIN] offers a resolution, which the Clerk will re.. I shall not object to this request, but I shall be compelled port. to enter objection to any further similar requests to-day. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: The SPEAKER. Is there objection? House Resolution 13 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the Mr. SCHAFER. Mr. Speaker, I object. death of Hon. BIRD J. VINCENT, a Representative from the State of LEAVE OF ABSENCE Michigan. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Mr. LOVETTE. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Hon. J. WILL Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. TAYLOR, is ill in a hospital in Memphis. I ask unanimous consent that he may be excused from attendance on the The resolution was agreed to. sessions of the House until such time as he is able to attend. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE FLETCHER HALE The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Mr. WASON. I offer a resolution, which I have sent to the There was no objection. · Clerk's desk. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES A. MOONEY The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New Hampshire Mr. CROSSER. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my distressing [?\11'. WASON] offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. duty to inform the House of the death of my colleague, Mr. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: CHARLES A. MooNEY, of the twentieth district of Ohio, a man House Resolution 14 who was beloved and who held the confidence and affection Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. FLETcHER HALE, a Representative from the State of this House to an unusual degree. of New Hampshire. I shall have something more to say later, but in the mean Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the time I offer a resolution, which I have sent to the Clerk's Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. desk. The resolution was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CROSSER] THE LATE SENATOR DWIGHT W. MORROW offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. Mr. LEHLBACH. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution, which The Clerk read as follows: I have sent to the Clerk's desk. House Resolution 9 The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. CHARLES A. MooNEY, a Representative from the LEHLBACH] o1Iers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. State of Ohio. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the House Resolution 15 Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of The resolution was agreed to. the death of Hon. DwiGHT W. MoRRow, a Senator of the United States from the State of New Jersey. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE MATHEW V. O'MALLEY Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Mr. CELLER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution, which I Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. have sent to the Clerk's desk. The resolution was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York [Mr. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES G. EDWARDS CELLER] o1Iers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. Mr. CRISP. Mr. Speaker, on the 13th day of July last The Clerk read as follows: Hon. CHARLES G. EDWARDS, while in the office of Congress .. House Resolution 10 man RAMSPECK, of the Atlanta district, talking to Mr. RAMS Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the PECK and Mr. WRIGHT, had a stroke and died in the arms of death of Hon. MATHEW V. O'MALLEY, a Representative !rom the State of New York. his colleagues. 1931 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. SENATE 15 In his death the State lost one of its most devoted public The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio offers a reso officials, a man beloved by· all who knew him. He was my lution, which the Clerk will report. personal friend. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Speaker, I have sent to the Clerk's desk a resolution, House Resolution 21 which I ask to have adopted. Resolved, That the House has learned with profound sensibillty The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Georgia [Mr. CRISP l and sorrow of the death of NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. Seventy-first Congresses. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. NICHOLAS LoNGWORTH House Resolution 16 the United States has sustained an irreparable loss. Rooolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of Resolved, That this House, of which he was a distinguished the death of Hon. CliARLES G. EDWARDS, a Representative !rom the Member and leader, unite in honoring his sterling character, the State of Georgia. ability, probity, and patriotic motives which illustrated his public Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the career, and the grace and dignity which marked his intercourse Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. with his fellow citizens. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the The resolution was agreed to. Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE ERNEST R. ACKERMAN The resolution was agreed to. Mr. LEHLBACH. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution, which ADJOURNMENT I send to the Clerk's desk. Mr. RAINEY. Mr. Speaker, as a further mark of respect The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. to our deceased Members, I move that the House do now LEHLBACH] offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. adjourn. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: The motion was agreed to; accordingly